This post is for our very dear friend and fellow Tree House administrator, WaltzingMtilda.  Where would we be without her wit, wisdom, sweetness, and just plain loveliness?  Not to mention her fine taste in tunes!  And actors!

How exciting that some of her favorite actors and singers have chosen to honor Mtilda on her special day!

It is only right that we take some time today to honor Tilda with tunes, cakes and special greetings of all kinds, including videos, original poetry and essays (if you feel so inclined) so don’t hesitate to offer your own wishes – just keep them G or PG, please! (more…)

Today we wish the best of days to our own “ytz4mee”… blogger, warrior, and mighty voice for conservative principles. Yatz is a woman on the go, and you never know from where she may be popping in from time to time as she swings by and grabs a limb on the Tree. She has inexhaustible energy,  and passionately gives voice to the principles we all hold so near and dear. Today, we hope she’ll pause in the pursuits of  battle,  settle down under the Tree,  and join us for some coffee, a bit of peameal bacon, and a generous helping of cake as we join in celebration of her birthday. (I’ll bet someone might even stop in with a Silver Bullet or two and a bottle of Jack a little later in the day, just to keep things going.)

Yatz not only contributes to the Treehouse, she also maintains her own blog, “Stop Shouting”, where she has earned high praise from Prof.  Jacobsen,  and was the recipient of the much coveted “Instalanche” for her article,  “My Rebuttal to a Progressive who Admonished Me to Play Nice ….”.  I think in light of the latest election results, her article deserves to be revisited.  Please, pour yourself another cup of morning coffee, and enjoy…..  (more…)

Treepers…please join with us in celebrating a most momentous occasion. We couldn’t have done it without YOU!

Would you like to see where in the world all the visitors to the Treehouse come from?  LOL…we’ve even got a lone “Wolverine” in Cuba!  (Somehow they’re breaking through the internet ban.  How cool is that?)  WordPress started offering this feature last February, so naturally it registers a little short of the five million mark.  We’ll be celebrating our second anniversary on November 2nd, so if any of y’all are thinking of sending a gift, feel free to combine this year’s traditional gift of cotton with last year’s paper…$  😉

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H/T….to the world’s best research assistant, WeeWeed.  😉

Birthday shout-outs and high fives to our longtime compatriot, the respected and beloved citizen of both Texas and the Treehouse…”Texan59″. 😀

Tex has been hanging around the Treehouse for so long, we can’t imagine what life would be like without him.  Well…on second thought, we can imagine…B-O-R-I-N-G.  He’s the life of our party and a consummate raconteur par excellence.  You’ll usually find him conversing with one of our admins, another proud Texan called WeeWeed.

Two of the things we most admire about Tex are his affinity for Fridays and Bud Light beer, and the other would be his undying loyalty to the “Treehouse Tin Foil Society”.  That’s right….he’s all tin foil hat, and he’s got the cattle that wear ’em too.   (more…)

Today is a very special day – the birthday of one of our best and most faithful friends, WeeWeed! (more…)

And look who we have to thank!

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(Psssst….did anyone spot the “imposter”?)

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BTW…How about helping a Puddy out?  (The glasses are not a good look for me.)  Hopefully, as you scan the gravatars above, some of you will become interested in getting a gravatar of your own.  Waltzingmtilda has all the information you’ll need.

When we tumbled onto the forest trail almost 18 months ago Sundance was high in the canopy overhead, already hard at work on the Treehouse–knowing that a great gathering place would be needed for stouthearted Americans who hungered for plainspoken and open-ended conversation.
In the months since then, his faithful and daily pursuit of what-is-actually-so has become the rich soil in which freedom-lovers of goodwill find a place to expose deception and  fight back effectively.

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*Thank you to our Menagerie for her assistance in writing much of the following.
Today we celebrate the birthday of one of our founding Treepers, Stellap.  Were it not for her steadfast and resourceful efforts to rally and unite our initial group, we would very likely not be the site you see today.  Since that time, her contributions have been truly invaluable…not the least of which is her ability to dissect and dismember the occasional visitor seeking only to press their agenda.
Stellap is also a wonderful example and ambassador for her home state of Michigan, helping us understand some of the behind-the-scenes issues regarding the auto industry.  She knows her cars…especially GM cars.
When she’s not sitting behind a keyboard, you’ll most likely find her tending a garden full of flowers. Her writings and pictures have helped us make it through some of the worst of the cold weather and leap into spring with joy. A day in the yard working with her flowers pays big dividends for us as she paints a wonderful picture with her love for the beauty of the outdoors.
Just out of nowhere, you already have doors but they just don’t work right? Doors that don’t close or latch properly or that fit an opening poorly can be frustrating. Over the past ten years, the bifold doors have become very popular door options. The traditional conservatory door or patio door has always served as the alternative for French door – single door system. I mean, there are countless advantages of bifold doors.
But a day overseeing the shenanigans going on in the Tree, enjoying the beauty of her native Michigan, or working with her flowers is not complete until it’s topped off with a good book and a glass of wine.  Today we raise a toast to Stellap…a fine friend and a founding Treeper.

May you live all the days of your life.

~Jonathan Swift

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The Last Refuge – officially, The Conservative Treehouse – celebrated its first anniversary on February 1, 2012.  Now it’s time for another celebration (and we love celebrations) as we welcome our 2,000,000th visitor today!  At 6:10 PM EST!